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Matthew 12:37 KJV
Matthew · chapter 12 · verse 37
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.Matthew 12:37 · King James Version
Matthew 12:37 in context
35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
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- justifieddikaioōto render righteous or such he ought to be, to show, exhibit, evince, one to be…G1344 →
- wordslogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
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In these verses we have, I. Christ's glorious conquest of Satan, in the gracious cure of one who, by the divine permission, was under his power, and in his possession, Mat 12:22. Here observe, 1. The man's case was very sad; he was possessed with a devil.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-37